Regarding The Past…
What is it about the Past that refuses to loosen its clutches on the Present? They say time heals and helps you forget. I wonder – does it really? I’ve seen over and over again, how something small and insignificant can trigger a memory, unleashing an avalanche of feelings and images which you’d thought to be completely dead, buried and forgotten. Mistakes you’ve made, decisions taken, injustices and wrongs committed against you, betrayal, rejection, and the list goes on.
As I sat and contemplated this, a yawning abyss of hopelessness seemed to open up before me. The cycle seemed endless, only resulting in the Past being granted greater power to hurt than heal. Seeking an answer, and if not an answer at least a modicum of sense in this wretchedness, I turned to my Father’s Word, and (not surprisingly) found both!
“…the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create…” *
He never fails to amaze me!
Allowing God to take charge of the Past, enabled me to let go, and more importantly, robbed it of the power to hurt. The Past may be full of folly, but the Present is filled with joy because the Future is in His able hands. I realised that when I allowed Him to get involved in the day-to-day events in my life, I was actually giving Him permission to create something good and beautiful. And it put things in perspective; with the Past remaining where in belonged – in the past.
* Isaiah 65:17(b) and 18(a)
As I sat and contemplated this, a yawning abyss of hopelessness seemed to open up before me. The cycle seemed endless, only resulting in the Past being granted greater power to hurt than heal. Seeking an answer, and if not an answer at least a modicum of sense in this wretchedness, I turned to my Father’s Word, and (not surprisingly) found both!
“…the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create…” *
He never fails to amaze me!
Allowing God to take charge of the Past, enabled me to let go, and more importantly, robbed it of the power to hurt. The Past may be full of folly, but the Present is filled with joy because the Future is in His able hands. I realised that when I allowed Him to get involved in the day-to-day events in my life, I was actually giving Him permission to create something good and beautiful. And it put things in perspective; with the Past remaining where in belonged – in the past.
* Isaiah 65:17(b) and 18(a)
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